I was trying to decide if "What's Dylan Grillin' " was really interactive, so I typed in 'hat'. The next thing that he turned out to be grillin (sic) was a hat. Now I am REALLY disturbed.posted by Sing Or Swim at 10:11 AM on August 30, 2013

How have I lived this long and not known about Dalek Relaxation for Humans?posted by wittgenstein at 10:30 AM on August 30, 2013

Hey everyone. #2 is still more of a work-in-progress. I'm still trying to get the tone down.posted by JHarris at 11:14 AM on August 30, 2013

Also, these are really intended to be watched on Shuffle. The option for it is in the top-right corner of the playlist player.posted by JHarris at 11:15 AM on August 30, 2013

Oh, and I should mention-- many many of these are from the posts of other Metafilter members!posted by JHarris at 11:19 AM on August 30, 2013

I'll happily add more weird stuff. I'm still removing stuff too -- I just found out there's a thirty-minute video in it that I thought was just another of EIT's distillations, but no it was the whole darn thing.posted by JHarris at 11:51 AM on August 30, 2013

Seconded on sixohsix's recommendation of Ratboy Genius in Minecraft, it's inexplicable. I could include more, but there's a certain tone, or more like a rhythm, that I'm going for in the lists that RBG doesn't always hit.posted by JHarris at 12:35 PM on August 30, 2013

I actually removed Meow meow I am a cat a week ago because of length, and how a lot of it is just the same scenes repeated over and over. I try to keep to less than 8 minutes except in extreme cases (like gOLDBERG vARATIONS). Baby Jocko Homo is adorable. The others... vary, heh. Go Go Galo Sengen was borderline until the end, which pushed it into classic territory.posted by JHarris at 1:45 PM on August 30, 2013

I also added The Whelk's Instructions For Building A Human, because it's great.posted by JHarris at 8:34 PM on August 30, 2013

Oh, and if you want to just load up random videos culled from both lists, try this.posted by JHarris at 11:25 PM on August 30, 2013

Welp, there just went my afternoon.posted by rlio at 4:49 PM on August 31, 2013

Heh, sorry about that. Still, it's nice to know that it's weird enough to keep people watching for a while. I've done quite a bit of culling, and overthinking about what should be included. Too much of a comedy sketch without compensating weirdness? Too much pony? (There's like four pony things in the whole set, and two of those are quick Derpy test patterns.) Too much Team Fortress 2? Too long? Too boring relative to the weirdness? (I had O Superman in there for a while because its 8 minutes, and it seems more pretentious than weird, but I might put it back.)posted by JHarris at 7:39 PM on August 31, 2013

I have a dilemma. There are some things in the list I adore, and think are worthy and strange, but are not quite strange in the same way as Potato Knishes. Like the interview with Adam Savage in which he performs "I Will Survive" in the character of Gollum. It's great, but it doesn't really make you blink.

I've discussed this a bit with Potomac Avenue, and that's resulted in me removing some things, but I'm unsure if I've gone far enough. Let me post it to you guys, and let's use that as a test case.

A few of those are either already included or have similar things in there (like PONPONPON, Wendy's Training Video and Rotating Ferrofluid). I'll take a look at the others -- yes, all the others -- and probably add some of them, thanks!posted by JHarris at 3:21 PM on September 13, 2013

After seeing a few, I've got to say -- you have excellent taste in weird, nTeleKy.posted by JHarris at 3:35 PM on September 13, 2013

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